Forbes September 27, 2024
Craig Burland is a Chief Information Security Officer with Inversion6.
John F. Kennedy famously stated, “A rising tide lifts all boats” in the 1960s while promoting government infrastructure investment. The quote has been used in the political context for decades to support various views.
While the analogy may work in macroeconomics, cybersecurity risk does not follow this paradigm.
The reality is that even as organizations have invested more in technology and cybersecurity, global cyber threats have outpaced their efforts. This disparity between the threats and the defensive capabilities shows that the rising tide of risk is swamping more boats than it’s lifting.
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